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Fashion Week Africa unveils designer line-up

Organiser and leading fashion authority, African Fashion International (AFI) has unveiled an extraordinary line-up of sartorial talent for the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Africa 2014.

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Call for definitive ruling on exclusivity clauses

Property owners, represented by the South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA), have officially asked the Competition Commission to make definitive ruling on the anti-competitive effects of exclusivity clauses.

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Stock Santa's Shoe Boxes at Little Elves pop-up shop

As part of the Santa Shoe Box campaign, this year for the first time Good Hope FM is bringing the shoe box to life by hosting a 'Little Elves Pop-Up Shop' at the Canal Walk shopping centre in Cape Town from 3-26 October 2014.

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Brand News
SABMiller has 'plans to expand beer's appeal in mature markets'
SABMiller plc has a long-term vision of expanding the boundaries of the beer category and appealing to more consumers through innovation and by challenging traditional perceptions of beer‚ SABMiller CEO Alan Clark said at an investor seminar in London on Monday, 7 October 2014. read more>>
Mxit Brand Index: 30 September 2014
The latest Mxit Brand Index has been released, revealing the Top 40 South African brands on Mxit on 30 September 2014... read more>>
Manufacturing
LED lamp wins Nobel Physics prize for Japanese trio
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN: Three Japanese-born researchers won the Nobel Prize for Physics for inventing the LED lamp, a boon in fighting global warming and aiding people in poverty. read more>>
Retail Marketing
[Biz Takeouts Lineup] 108: Fred Robertson - Entrepreneur of the Year
Tune in to the Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show, tomorrow, 9 October 2014, from 9am-10am, as show host Warren Harding chats to Fred Robertson... read more>>
Retail Services
WiGroup mobile payment platform now available to SMEs
WiGroup has made its mobile transacting platform provider product offering available to all SMEs, enabling them to run any kind of mobile payment, loyalty, reward or couponing app at their till point... read more>>
Retailers
Ice cream in an instant, using liquid nitrogen
N2IceCream, South Africa's first liquid nitrogen-cooled ice cream store has opened its doors in Parklands Cape Town. It is offering vanilla, chocolate and strawberry, plus one guest flavour per month/week. Customers are then able to choose from 10 toppings to add to the flavour. read more>>
International
Yahoo's system breach was not Shellshock
WASHINGTON, USA: Yahoo said some of its servers were breached briefly by hackers, but that the attack was unrelated to the newly discovered Shellshock vulnerability, and that no user data was compromised. read more>>
German book publishers 'not scared' of Amazon
FRANKFURT, GERMANY: Germany's book publishers are ready to face down competition from online retailer Amazon as the retailer is probed by the European Union of its tax deals, pricing disputes and market dominance. read more>>
Amazon facing EU probe over tax deals
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: The European Union has snagged Amazon as the authorities widen their probe into sweetheart tax deals for major multinationals, saying these are unfair to competitors and taxpayers. read more>>
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Government
Prasa flouted its own rules says A-G
The Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa), which is spending R51bn to revitalise its commuter rail unit, contravened its supply-chain management policy in a R3.5bn deal to procure locomotives, the Auditor-General said in the agency's annual report. read more>>
R1bn set aside for township economies
The Gauteng government will invest more than R1bn to build and improve infrastructure for township economies in the next five years, says Premier David Makhura. read more>>
Dube TradePort is now an industrial development zone
The Dube TradePort in Durban is an Industrial Development Zone (IDZ), joining three other similar economic zones spread out across the country. read more>>
Incompetent CFOs should be fired says Dube-Ncube
KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has backed national government's call to dismiss municipal Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) who lack qualifications, experience or commitment to perform their duties. read more>>
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New events to diarise
Africa PPP Investment and Development Summit 2014
Neoedge Pte Ltd - 21 Oct 2014 to 22 Oct 2014 Accra

GLOBALG.A.P. Summit 2014
GLOBALG.A.P. Foodplus GmbH - 27 Oct 2014 to 29 Oct 2014 Abu Dhabi

Pricing and Billing Conference 2014
Trade Conferences International - 29 Oct 2014 to 30 Oct 2014 Johannesburg

Trade Finance Conference 2014
Trade Conferences International - 5 Nov 2014 to 6 Nov 2014 Johannesburg

Agriworks Farmers Expo
CADEK Media - 6 Nov 2014 to 8 Nov 2014 Stellenbosch

South African Man Expo
Mercatique Consulting - 22 Nov 2014 to 23 Nov 2014 Johannesburg

LeKap Lifestyle Fair 2014
Vivid Luxury - 6 Dec 2014 Cape Town

Emirates Uniform and Workwear exhibition
Global Expo Middle East - 11 Feb 2015 to 13 Feb 2015 Dubai

Gauteng Outdoor Expo
Outdoor Events and Exhibition Organisers - 29 May 2015 to 31 May 2015 Johannesburg

IFAT Environmental Technology Forum
MMI South Africa (Pty) Ltd - 15 Sep 2015 to 18 Sep 2015 Johannesburg

Upcoming events
Retail Indaba
CADEK Media - 8 Oct 2014 to 9 Oct 2014 Cape Town

Carrol Boyes Charity Open Day Gauteng 2014
Carrol Boyes Pty Ltd. - 9 Oct 2014 to 13 Oct 2014 Johannesburg

rAge
10 Oct 2014 to 12 Oct 2014 Johannesburg

FutureTech 2014
Popular Mechanics - 10 Oct 2014 Cape Town

SwenkXpress
Qembu Langempela - 11 Oct 2014 Johannesburg

Finding The Sun Market
11 Oct 2014 Randburg

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